Young chacma baboon in Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Young chacma baboon in Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana
This adolescent chacma baboon will grow big enough to be considered a member of one of the largest monkey species on Earth. Like many other primates, the chacma baboon is a highly social animal. One unusual social trait scientists have observed in the species is adoption behaviour. If a baby’s mother dies, and her young baboon is unable to care for itself, a male-female couple are likely to adopt the orphan, providing care for the baby until it’s old enough to feed itself.
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